The Simulation Century: Harnessing AI and Simulation to Design a Better Future: A Personal Perspective

Richard James Boyd

Chapter 6 in Digital Transformation in Healthcare, 2025, pp 105-130 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:IntroductionThe Simulation CenturyThe Information Age in Three ActsAct One: 1993–2003 – The Age of DisintermediationThe birth of the graphical InternetThe rise of digital commerceInfrastructure developmentAct Two: 2004–2014 – Capturing and Directing Human AttentionThe social media revolutionThe search for monetizationMobile revolution and app economyAct Three: 2015–2022 – Cognitive Coupling and the NoösphereThe rise of machine learningAI assistants and ambient computingThe dawn of the NoösphereImplications for the futureKnowledge Graphs: The Memex Cornerstone of Our AI FutureThe New Scientific MethodThe Big Data LeapFeeding Your Knowledge Graph: The Narrow Waist for AI DataData is the critical resource for AIThe AI Data PlaneThe Data PipelineThe Data InterfaceThe Data TwinThe Data SourceUsing the AI Data PlaneSpecify the Data InterfacesImplement Data TwinsUse AI on Data Twins as a predictorIdentify and implement Data SourcesUse AI on implemented Data SourcesAI Data readiness levels3D Digital Data Twins and the Simulation Equivalence PrincipleThe Six Levels of AI Application and the Highest Moral PurposeStage 1: Chat – The dawn of conversational companionsStage 2: Content creation – The double-edged swordStage 3: Work efficiency – The automation advantageStage 4: Prediction – Navigating the Simulation Century™Stage 5: Improved judgment – Harnessing AI for better decisionsStage 6: Designing the future – AI as a force for goodEnvisioning tomorrow: The expansive future of AIReferences

Keywords: Digital Transformation; Healthcare; Artificial Intelligence; Innovation; Large Language Models; GenAI; Simulation; Wearable Devices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I18 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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